Tag: paris-agreement

Ten years ago, on 12 December 2015, 195 governments adopted the Paris Agreement at the 21st UN Climate Change Conference (CoP21). A decade on, it is time for both reflection and renewal.

When it comes to international climate summits, there are few more contentious issues than that of money – who should pay for climate action and how should they do it? As the UN Climate Change Conference (CoP30) unfolds in Brazil, our attention turns once again to Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, the mechanism intended […]

Saturday (22 March) is the 40-year anniversary of the signing of the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer, an achievement which has stood for four decades as an inspiration for multilateral environmental action. The Vienna Convention was established in response to scientific evidence that man-made chemicals, particularly chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), were causing significant […]

Methane, the second most important greenhouse gas (GHG), is responsible for a third of the global warming that has taken place so far. Over a 20 year period, it is 80+ times more effective at warming the atmosphere than carbon dioxide (CO2). Beyond its climate impact, methane emissions also result in air pollution by forming […]

Following the UK’s historic election, EIA welcomes new Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and urges his new Government to take a positive and proactive approach to forest protection

This Saturday marks the 5th anniversary of the adoption of the Paris Agreement, the legally binding international UN treaty under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. The Paris agreement aims to strengthen the global response to climate change by keeping global temperature rise this century to well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels...